Emerson String Quartet A Zeneakadémia saját szervezésű programja

This concert in the Grand Hall of the Liszt Academy by a foremost string quartet promises to be a real treat. One reason is that in 2016 the world-renowned formation celebrates their 40th anniversary. In 1976 students of the Juilliard School decided they would like to cultivate this noble genre of chamber music professionally. The choice of name for the quartet draws an exciting parallel with the unworldliness of the genre and the ultimately refined culture of performance: American poet and philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson was active as a famous advocate of 19th century transcendental movements and the endeavours of individualists. With their latest triumph, the Emerson String Quartet, nine times Grammy winners, captured a gong for a Bartók album—a first. Over the past four decades they have released over 30 albums and their discography spans the cream of the string quartet literature. This concert picks out three immortal, classical works from a fantastically diverse repertoire.